Princeps rhetoricus or Pilomachia· ye combat of caps. Drawn forth into arguments, general and special. In usum Scholæ Masonensis : et in gratiam totius auditorii mercurialis.

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Title: Princeps rhetoricus or Pilomachia· ye combat of caps. Drawn forth into arguments, general and special. In usum Scholæ Masonensis : et in gratiam totius auditorii mercurialis.
Author: [Mason, John, of Cambridge].
Publication: London :: Printed for H.R. at the three Pigeons in S. Pauls Church-yard,; 1648.
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Subject terms: Universities and colleges -- Curricula -- Humor -- Early works to 1800.; Satire, English -- 17th century.
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ACT. IV.

Princeps Academicus, or, The Disputant.

THe Authours scientificall, and in order to the 7 Arts are produced. Then a set dispute between the three main sciences; de melioritate Praerogativâ Pilei; the question is stated two waies, 1. Which is guilty of the Parsons Cap. 2. Which most worthy among themselves of the three: Next intervenes a Question between the two Princes, Rhetorick and Misrule, de prioritate Galeri & Pilei, the preheminence of the Hat and the Cap; but while the disputes grew hot, enters a mes∣sage from the Cantabrigian Fellow-Commoners, desiring of the Court a conference touching the new lost Cap, as a maine case concerning their Coppy-hold, 'Tis condescended to, and the Court dissolves for the present.